[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 134 (Tuesday, July 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37871-37874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18702]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Availability of Government-Owned Inventions for Licensing

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States 
Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are made 
available for licensing by the Department of the Navy.

    Copies of patents cited are available from the Commissioner of 
Patents and Trademarks, Washington, D.C. 20231, for $3.00 each. 
Requests for copies of patents must include the patent number.
    Copies of patent applications cited are available from the National 
Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, Virginia 22161 for 
$6.95 each ($10.95 outside North American Continent). Requests for 
copies of patent

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applications must include the patent application serial number. Claims 
are deleted from the copies of patent applications sold to avoid 
premature disclosure.
    The following patents and patent applications are available for 
licensing:
    Patent 5,060,734: SEAWATER HYDRAULIC ROCK DRILL; filed 11 September 
1989; patented 29 October 1991.//Patent 5,612,901: APPARATUS AND METHOD 
FOR CLOUD MASKING; filed 17 May 1994; patented 18 March 1997.//Patent 
5,644,665: MULTI-OCTAVE, HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE OPERATION OF LOW-BIASED 
MODULATORS BY BALANCED DETECTION; filed 27 July 1995; patented 1 July 
1997.//Patent 5,656,815: THERMOLUMINESCENCE RADIATION DOSIMETRY USING 
TRANSPARENT GLASS CONTAINING NANOCRYSTALLINE PHOSPHOR; filed 8 February 
1996; patented 12 August 1997.//Patent 5,656,933: SOLDER PASTE AND 
RESIDUE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; filed 24 February 1995; patented 12 August 
1997.//Patent 5,660,920: INTER-LEVEL DIELECTRICS WITH LOW DIELECTRIC 
CONSTANTS; filed 14 July 1995; patented 26 August 1997.//Patent 
5,661,062: ULTRA HIGH DENSITY, NON-VOLATILE FERROMAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS 
MEMORY; filed 27 April 1995; patented 26 August 1997.//Patent 
5,661,699: ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; filed 13 February 1996; 
patented 26 August 1997.//Patent 5,663,387: LIPOSOMES CONTAINING 
POLYMERIZED LIPIDS FOR NON-COVALENT IMMOBILIZATION OF PROTEINS AND 
ENZYMES; filed 8 August 1995; patented 2 September 1997.//Patent 
5,665,430: CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHOD FOR DEPOSITING DIAMOND 
USING A HIGH TEMPERATURE VACUUM SUBSTRATE MOUNT; filed 30 September 
1992; patented 9 September 1997.//
    Patent 5,665,559: PRODUCTION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO 
BACTEROIDES GINGIVALIS BY HYBRIDOMA BGIL VF9/2D; filed 18 May 1989; 
patented 9 September 1997.//Patent 5,665,618: METHOD OF FORMING AN 
INTERBAND LATERAL RESONANT TUNNELING TRANSISTOR WITH SINGLE NARROW GATE 
ELECTRODE; filed 27 January 1995; patented 9 September 1997.//Patent 
5,668,777: TORPEDO SIGNAL PROCESSOR; filed 8 July 1996; patented 16 
September 1997.//Patent 5,668,779: HYDROPHONE GROUP DESIGN FOR SHALLOW 
TOWED APPLICATIONS; filed 29 March 1996; patented 16 September 1997.//
Patent 5,671,734: AUTOMATIC MEDICAL SIGN MONITOR; filed 3 November 
1995; patented 30 September 1997.//Patent 5,673,055: ROSETTE-SHAPED 
MONOPOLE ANTENNA TOP-LOAD FOR INCREASED ANTENNA VOLTAGE AND POWER 
CAPABILITY; filed 21 April 1994; patented 30 September 1997.//Patent 
5,673,235: SOCK SHAPED INTERNAL STRENGTH MEMBER FOR TOWED ARRAYS; filed 
30 July 1987; patented 30 September 1997.//Patent 5,673,644: TRI-JOINT 
COUPLING; filed 22 August 1996; patented 7 October 1997.//Patent 
5,673,645: AGILE WATER VEHICLE; filed 1 April 1996; patented 7 October 
1997.//Patent 5,674,752: CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COATED FABRICS FOR CHEMICAL 
SENSING; filed 16 October 1995; patented 7 October 1997.//Patent 
5,675,116: UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE INCLUDING KEEL-MOUNTED PAYLOAD 
DEPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENT WITH PAYLOAD COMPARTMENT FLOODING ARRANGEMENT TO 
MAINTAIN AXI-SYMMETRICAL MASS DISTRIBUTION; filed 11 October 1995; 
patented 7 October 1997.//Patent 5,675,117: UNMANNED UNDERSEA WEAPON 
DEPLOYMENT STRUCTURE WITH CYLINDRICAL PAYLOAD CONFIGURATION; filed 11 
October 1995; patented 7 October 1997.//Patent 5,675,553: METHOD FOR 
DATA GAP COMPENSATION; filed 28 June 1996; patented 7 October 1997.//
Patent 5,675,680: FIBER-OPTIC CONNECTOR; filed 25 November 1994; 
patented 7 October 1997.//Patent 5,676,576: SUBMARINE DEPLOYED SEA-
STATE SENSOR; filed 22 August 1996; patented 14 October 1997.//Patent 
5,677,506: SUBMARINE EXTENDIBLE TURRET SYSTEM; filed 30 December 1996; 
patented 14 October 1997.//Patent 5,678,504: NEGATIVE LIFT DEVICE FOR 
TWO CABLE FAIRING; filed 3 June 1996; patented 21 October 1997.//Patent 
5,679,818: INORGANIC ARYLACETYLENIC MONOMERS; filed 26 July 1996; 
patented 21 October 1997.//Patent 5,679,917: BREECH PLUG SUPPORT 
MECHANISM; filed 5 September 1996; patented 21 October 1997.//Patent 
5,679,921: INFRA-RED TRACKING FLARE; filed 27 August 1958; patented 21 
October 1997.//Patent 5,680,489: OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEM UTILIZING BRAGG 
GRATING SENSORS; filed 28 June 1996; patented 21 October 1997.//Patent 
5,681,870: HIGH TEMPERATURE THERMOSETS/CERAMICS FROM NOVEL HYBRID 
COPOLYMER CONTAINING RANDOM DISTRIBUTION OF BORANYL, SILYL, OR SILOXYL, 
AND ACETYLENIC UNITS; filed 26 July 1996; patented 28 October 1997.//
Patent 5,682,238: MULTIPLE, PARALLEL, SPATIAL MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRICAL 
PHASE; filed 12 June 1995; patented 28 October 1997.//Patent 5,682,397: 
ER:YALO UPCONVERSION LASER; filed 30 November 1995; patented 28 October 
1997.//Patent 5,684,493: SUPPORT BASE FOR SUBMARINE ANTENNA MAST; filed 
29 May 1996; patented 4 November 1997.//Patent 5,685,252: DEVICE FOR 
REDUCING FLOW OF FLUID FROM A RUPTURED VESSEL; filed 27 March 1995; 
patented 11 November 1997.//Patent 5,685,966: BUBBLE CAPTURE ELECTRODE 
CONFIGURATION; filed 20 October 1995; patented 11 November 1997.//
Patent 5,686,152: METAL INITIATED NUCLEATION OF DIAMOND; filed 3 August 
1995; patented 11 November 1997.//Patent 5,686,667: METHOD FOR 
DETERMINING THE APPROXIMATE RESONANCE FREQUENCY OF A STRUCTURE 
SURROUNDED BY A COMPRESSIBLE FLUID; filed 15 April 1996; patented 11 
November 1997.//Patent 5,686,692: SINGLE FUSE FOLLOW-THROUGH GRENADE; 
filed 30 September 1996; patented 1 November 1997.//Patent 5,686,694: 
UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE WITH ERECTABLE SENSOR MAST FOR OBTAINING 
POSITION AND ENVIRONMENTAL VEHICLE STATUS; filed 11 October 1995; 
patented 11 November 1997.//Patent 5,687,263: OPTICAL RF BANDPASS 
FILTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME; filed 2 October 1995; 
patented 11 November 1997.//Patent 5,687,501: SEALING APPARATUS FOR 
EXCLUSION OF WATER FROM UNDERWATER GUN BARRELS; filed 6 March 1996; 
patented 18 November 1997.//Patent 5,687,667: TOWED ARRAY ACOUSTIC 
PROJECTOR SHADING DEVICE; filed 17 June 1996; patented 18 November 
1997.//Patent 5,687,670: CIRCUMFERENTIAL CIRCULATION CONTROL SYSTEM; 
filed 7 February 1996; patented 18 November 1997.//Patent 5,687,671: 
UNDERWATER PROPULSION DEVICE; filed 17 April 1996; patented 18 November 
1997.//Patent 5,687,769: CONFIGURABLE PORT ASSEMBLY; filed 16 January 
1996; patented 18 November 1997.//Patent 5,688,405: METHOD AND 
APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING PARTICULATE MATTER FROM A FLUID; filed 28 
February 1996; patented 18 November 1997.//Patent 5,688,406: METHOD AND 
APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING PARTICULATE FROM A FLOWING FLUID; filed 28

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February 1996; patented 18 November 1997.//Patent 5,688,642: SELECTIVE 
ATTACHMENT OF NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES TO PATTERNED SELF-ASSEMBLED 
SURFACES; filed 1 December 1994; patented 18 November 1997.//Patent 
5,688,715: EXCIMER LASER DOPANT ACTIVATION OF BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED 
CCD'S; filed 14 August 1995; patented 18 November 1997.//Patent 
5,689,086: SIMULATED SUSPENDED MINE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM; filed 20 May 
1996; patented 18 November 1997.//Patent 5,689,864: RIB CLAMP; filed 3 
March 1997; filed 25 November 1997.//Patent 5,690,041: UNMANNED 
UNDERSEA VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR WEAPON DEPLOYMENT; filed 11 October 1995; 
patented 25 November 1997.//Patent 5,690,044: SYSTEM FOR SHOCK 
HARDENING A TORPEDO NOSE FAIRING BEARING PLATE ASSEMBLY; filed 16 
January 1997; patented 25 November 1997.//Patent 5,690,142: VARIABLE 
ORIFICE BALL VALUE; filed 30 July 1996; patented 25 November 1997.//
Patent 5,690,145: FLUIDIC DEVICE CONTROLLED BY REMOTELY LOCATED 
ACOUSTIC ENERGY SOURCE; filed 5 August 1996; patented 25 November 
1997.//Patent 5,690,737: PROCESS FOR FORMING EPITAXIAL BAF2 ON GAAS; 
filed 31 May 1995; patented 25 November 1997.//Patent 5,690,963: FREEZE 
DRIED RED BLOOD CELLS; filed 30 June 1995; patented 25 November 1997.//
Patent 5,691,482: ADHESIVE SHEAR STRENGTH TEST APPARATUS; filed 11 July 
1996; patented 25 November 1997.//Patent 5,691,903: INTEGRATED CABLE 
NAVIGATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM; filed 8 September 1995; patented 25 
November 1997.//Patent 5,692,521: SLEEP APNEA RESOLUTION APPLIANCE; 
filed 9 February 1996; patented 2 December 1997.//Patent 5,693,794: 
CAGED POLYNITRAMINE COMPOUND; filed 30 September 1988; patented 2 
December 1997.//Patent 5,693,889: METHOD FOR MONITORING SURFACE STRESS; 
filed 27 August 1996; patented 2 December 1997.//Patent 5,694,375: 
ULTRA-BROADBAND HYDROPHONE; filed 22 March 1996; patented 2 December 
1997.//Patent 5,694,497: INTRINSICALLY SELF DEFORMING FIBER OPTIC 
MICROBEND PRESSURE AND STRAIN SENSOR; filed 19 June 1995; patented 2 
December 1997.//Patent 5,694,977: HIGH PRESSURE ENABLED, LOW PRESSURE 
ACTIVATED AUTOMATIC FLUID CONTROL VALVE; filed 5 September 1995; 
patented 9 December 1997.//Patent 5,696,700: SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-
IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR FRACTAL-DIMENSION MEASUREMENT FOR TARGET-MOTION 
ANALYSIS NOISE DISCRIMINATION; filed 26 June 1995; patented 9 December 
1997.//Patent 5,696,738: UNDERWATER SENSING DEVICE FOR OCEAN FLOOR 
CONTACT; filed 10 May 1996; patented 9 December 1997.//Patent 
5,698,817: UNMANNED UNDERSEA WEAPON DEPLOYMENT STRUCTURE WITH 
CYLINDRICAL PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM; filed 11 October 1995; patented 
16 December 1997.//Patent 5,699,068: DOPPLER VIDEO SIGNAL CONDITIONING 
CIRCUIT; filed 28 May 1996; patented 16 December 1997.//Patent 
5,701,101: CHARGE AMPLIFIER FOR BLAST GAUGES; filed 20 March 1995; 
patented 23 December 1997.//Patent 5,701,839: PRESSURE MINESWEEPING 
VEHICLE; filed 21 February 1967; patented 30 December 1997.//Patent 
5,702,273: MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLES; filed 19 
May 1996; patented 30 December 1997.//Patent 5,702,586: POLISHING 
DIAMOND SURFACE; filed 28 June 1994; patented 30 December 1997.//Patent 
5,703,314: INFRARED PROJECTOR COUNTERMEASURE SYSTEM; filed 20 November 
1996; patented 30 December 1997.//Patent 5,703,373: ALIGNMENT FIDUCIAL 
FOR IMPROVING PATTERNING PLACEMENT ACCURACY IN E-BEAM MASKS FOR X-RAY 
LITHOGRAPHY; filed 3 November 1995; patented 30 December 1997.//Patent 
5,703,906: SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING STOCHASTIC PROPERTIES OF SIGNALS 
REPRESENTING THREE ITEMS OF MUTUALLY ORTHOGONAL MEASUREMENT 
INFORMATION; filed 17 January 1996; patented 30 December 1998.//Patent 
5,704,057: REAL-TIME DATA SORTER; filed 1 October 1992; patented 30 
December 1997.//Patent 5,708,116: LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANT ALLYLICS; 
filed 31 May 1995; patented 13 January 1998.//Patent 5,742,121: THIN-
FILM EDGE FIELD EMITTER DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREFOR; 
filed 5 June 1996; patented 21 April 1998.//Patent application 08/
237,579: FLEXIBLE HIGH-DAMPING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES AND FABRICATION 
THEREOF; filed 3 May 1994.//Patent application 08/449,582: BIOMEDICAL 
IMAGING BY OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; filed 24 May 1995.//Patent 
application 08/601,272: COATING EVALUATION SYSTEM; filed 14 February 
1996.//Patent application 08/624,831: CONVEYOR SAFETY TRAY; filed 21 
March 1996.//Patent application 08/669,687: CONTAMINATION CONTROL OF 
EMISSION DISCHARGE; filed 24 June 1996.//Patent application 08/682,878: 
UNDERWATER MATEABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH ANTI-HYDROLOCK FEATURE; 
filed 24 June 1997.//Patent application 08/725,217: SPINNING FILTER 
SEPARATION SYSTEM FOR OIL SPILL CLEAN-UP OPERATION; filed 26 September 
1996.//Patent application 08/740,067: NEURAL NETWORK BASED METHOD FOR 
ESTIMATING HELICOPTER LOW AIRSPEED; filed 24 October 1996.//Patent 
application 08/744,702: WIDE-BAND OMNI TELEMETRY SYSTEM; filed 31 
October 1996.//Patent application 08/773,459: ELECTRIC FIELD CONTROL OF 
EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY; filed 24 December 1996.//Patent application 08/
800,417: TRIMODE FUZE; filed 14 February 1997.//Patent application 08/
802,572: HYBRID NEURAL NETWORK FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION; filed 3 
February 1997.//Patent application 08/802,701: DUCT FLOW CONTROL 
SYSTEM; filed 19 February 1997.//Patent application 08/806,375: ZINC 
OXIDE STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; filed 27 February 1997.//Patent application 
08/815,013: NOVEL LINEAR METALLOCENE POLYMERS CONTAINING ACETYLENIC AND 
INORGANIC UNITS AND THERMOSETS AND CERAMICS THEREFROM; filed 14 March 
1997.//Patent application 08/826,110: OHMIC CONTACT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR; 
filed 27 March 1997.//Patent application 08/841,343: DIAMOND OR DIAMOND 
LIKE CARBON COATED CHEMICAL SENSORS AND A METHOD OF MAKING SAME; filed 
30 April 1997.//Patent application 08/847,171: OPTICAL NOTCH FILTERS 
BASED ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC BAND-GAP MATERIALS; filed 8 April 
1997.//Patent application 08/848,203: DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF 
ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH InAlAsSb/AlSb BARRIER; filed 29 April 1997.//
Patent application 08/858,633: HYBRID FIBER BRAGG GRATING/LONG PERIOD 
FIBER GRATING SENSOR FOR STRAIN/TEMPERATURE DISCRIMINATION; filed 19 
May 1997.//Patent application 08/863,616: LABORATORY TEST METHOD TO 
MEASURE TOWED ARRAY HYDROPHONE RESPONSE; filed 23 May 1997.//Patent 
application 08/877,880: HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING CERAMIC OXIDE 
COMPOSITE WITH RETICULATED METAL FOAM; filed 18 June 1997.//

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Patent application 08/885,700: UNDERWATER SEARCH ANGLE SELECTION SYSTEM 
AND METHOD OF SPECIAL UTILITY WITH SURFACE CONTACTS; filed 30 June 
1997.//Patent application 08/885,702: UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC SEARCH ANGLE 
SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SPECIAL UTILITY WITH SUBMERGED CONTACTS; 
filed 30 June 1997.//Patent application 08/888,382: ELASTOMERIC 
CARTRIDGES FOR ATTENUATON OF BEARING-GENERATED VIBRATION IN ELECTRIC 
MOTORS; filed 19 February 1997.//Patent application 08/890,479: METHOD 
AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; filed 9 July 1997.//Patent 
application 08/891,365: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING A LOFARGRAM 
IN A MULTIPATH SONAR SYSTEM; filed 10 July 1997.//Patent application 
08/891,366: FLUID PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE INTERFACE; filed 10 July 
1997.//Patent application 08/891,368: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 
SIMULATING REVERBERATION IN A MULTIPATH SONAR SYSTEM; filed 10 July 
1997.//Patent application 08/891,369: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 
SIMULATING A MULTIPATH SONAR SYSTEM; filed 10 July 1997.//Patent 
application 08/891,370: SUBMERSIBLE DEVICE LAUNCHER; filed 10 July 
1997.//Patent application 08/891,371: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 
SIMULATING AUTOCORRELATION COEFFICIENTS IN A MULTIPATH SONAR SYSTEM; 
filed 10 July 1997.//Patent application 08/891,372: METHOD AND 
APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING CROSS-CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS IN A MULTIPATH 
SONAR SYSTEM; filed 10 July 1997.//Patent application 08/896,527: 
FUSING CONTACT DATA FOR BEST-ESTIMATE SOLUTION; filed 7 July 1997.//
Patent application 08/896,528: CONTACT DATA CORRELATION WITH 
REASSESSMENT; filed 7 July 1997.//Patent application 08/904,275: INLINE 
COAXIAL BALUN FED ULTRAWIDEBAND CORNU FLARED HORN ANTENNA; filed 31 
July 1997.//Patent application 08/904,937: NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE 
(NQR) METHOD AND PROBE FOR GENERATING RF MAGNETIC FIELDS IN DIFFERENT 
DIRECTIONS TO DISTINGUISH NQR FROM ACOUSTIC RINGING INDUCED IN A 
SAMPLE; filed 1 August 1997.//Patent application 08/910,844: POWER 
CYLINDER NON-METALLIC LINER SEAL ASSEMBLY; filed 13 August 1997.//
Patent application 08/912,971: UNDERWATER MEASUREMENT DEVICE; filed 4 
August 1997.//Patent application 08/914,019: UNDERSEA VEHICLE 
PROPULSION AND ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM; filed 12 August 1997.//Patent 
application 08/914,024: STOP CYLINDER AND PISTON ASSEMBLY; filed 12 
August 1997.//Patent application 08/917,963: LARGE AREA PLASMA 
PROCESSING SYSTEM (LAPPS); filed 27 August 1997.//Patent application 
08/919,185: BELT REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD; filed 15 August 1997.//
Patent application 08/919,346: HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR/
INSULATOR COMPOSITE THIN FILMS WITH JOSEPHSON COUPLED GRAINS; filed 28 
August 1997.//Patent application 08/920,877: AMPLIFICATION BY MEANS OF 
DYSPROSIUM DOPED LOW PHONON ENERGY GLASS WAVEGUIDES; filed 29 August 
1997.//Patent application 08/920,878: LOW PHONON ENERGY GLASS AND FIBER 
DOPED WITH A RARE EARTH; filed 29 August 1997.//Patent application 08/
921,054: SILICONE-CONTAINING FLUOROPOLYMERS FOR CONTROLLED RELEASE OF 
ORGANIC LEACHANTS; filed 29 August 1997.//Patent application 08/
940,043: FIBER-REINFORCED PHTHALONITRILE COMPOSITE CURED WITH LOW-
REACTIVITY AROMATIC AMINE CURING AGENT; filed 2 October 1997.//Patent 
application 08/940,178: DIRECT MOLECULAR PATTERNING USING A MICRO-STAMP 
GEL; filed 30 September 1997.//Patent application 08/940,737: RED LIGHT 
SOURCE; filed 30 September 1997.//Patent application 08/941,932: 
MECHANICAL CRUSH GAUGE AND METHOD OF USING SAME TO MEASURE FREE-FIELD 
ENERGY FLUX DENSITY; filed 30 September 1997.//Patent application 08/
942,191: MID SHIPS TOW POINT FOR SINGLE LINE AND MULTI LINE TOWED 
ARRAYS; filed 1 October 1997.//Patent application 08/942,192: ISOLATED 
SENSING DEVICE HAVING AN ISOLATION HOUSING; filed 1 October 1997.//
Patent application 08/944,105: FIBER OPTIC CABLE FURCATION UNIT; filed 
30 September 1997.//Patent application 08/948,013: COMBINED WEDGE-FLAP 
FOR IMPROVED SHIP POWERING; filed 10 October 1997.//Patent application 
08/954,885: ADJUSTABLE LIFTING AND PRECISION POSITIONING DEVICE; filed 
9 October 1997.//Patent application 08/954,888: TORPEDO TUBE TEST PLUG; 
filed 9 October 1997.//Patent application 08/962,454: FRINGE FIELD 
SUPERCONDUCTING SWITCH; filed 31 October 1997.//Patent application 08/
965,023: AMMONOTHERMAL GROWTH OF CHALCOGENIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL MATERIALS; 
filed 5 November 1997.//Patent application 08/977,569: PROCESSOR FOR 
INTERFACING A NTDS DEVICE TO A DEVICE HAVING A BUS TOPOLOGY; filed 25 
November 1997.//Patent application 08/989,271: CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT 
DECONTAMINANT SOLUTION USING QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPLEXES; filed 11 
December 1997.//Patent application 09/007,826: PHTHALONITRILE MONOMER/
CURING ADDITIVE COMPOSITIONS; filed 15 January 1998.//Patent 
application 09/045,853: FIELD EMITTER CELL AND ARRAY WITH VERTICAL 
THIN-FILM-EDGE EMITTER; filed 23 March 1998.//
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. R.J. Erickson, Staff Patent 
Attorney, Office of Naval Research (Code OOCC), Arlington, VA 22217-
5660, telephone (703) 696-4001.

    (Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207; 37 CFR Part 404).
    Dated: July 1, 1998.
Lou Rae Langevin,
LT, JAGC, USN, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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